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My invention relates to improvements in boxes for packing and shipping and the principal object in View is to provide a sectional box of a minimum number of parts which may be readily assembled into box form, inexpensively manufactured, and easily replaced, and which sections are so reinforced as to provide a lightweight, yet strong and durable box structure.

To the accomplishment of the above, and subordinate objects present appearing, a preferred embodiment of my invention has been illustrated in the accompanying drawings, set forth in detail in the succeeding description, and dened in the claims appended hereto.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in top plan of my improved box in its preferred embodiment with the top section removed,

Figure 2 is a view in transverse section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a view in perspective with the tcp section and one of the side and end forming sections removed,

Figure 4 is a View in perspective of one of the side and end forming sections.

Figure 5 is a view in perspective of the top section.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one of the nailing strips.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, the illustrated embodiment of my improved box comprises four units, a pair of duplicate side and end forming sections I, 2, respectively, and a pair of duplicate top and bottom sections 3, 4, respectively.

Each side and end forming section I, 2, corn `prises a right-angled sheet of fiber board, or

similar material, forming one side wall 5 and an adjoining end wall 5, both of rectangular form, the side wall 5 having a narrow free ap 'I extending along the free vertical edge thereof for.

a purpose presently seen. A pair of rectangular, upper and lower, wooden cleats, 8, 9, extend along the upper and lower horizontal edges of the side wall, 5, respectively, on the outside f thereof and flush with said edges, said cleats having the ends thereof extending equidistantly beyond said wall as at I IJ, and for a purpose presently seen. The side wall 5 is stapled to said I6, as at Il, and the nailing strips I2,

whereby said strips I2, I3, extend equidistantly above and below said end wall 6, flush with the outer face thereof, thereby also extendingabove and below the side wall 5 for a purpose presently seen. The nailingstrips I2, |3are stapled, as at I5, to the end wall 6. A pair of cleats It of wood, and similar to cleats 8, 9, are secured in upright position to the outer face of the end wall 6 flush with the side edges thereof, and with their endsoverlapping the described nailing strips I2 and I3 `and ush with the free edges of said strips, the end wall 6 being stapled to said cleats, 1 I3, being nailed to the cleats I6', as at I8. A

The side and end forming sections I, 2, are tted together with the free edges of the end walls 5 ush against the inner faces of the extended ends I of the side wall cleats 8, 9, and

with the cleats I6 adjacent said free edges also flush against said ends Ill, said ends I0 being nailed to said cleats I6 as at I9. The flaps 'I of the side walls 5 are bent inwardly to lie against the end walls 6.

The top and bottom sections 3, 4, each comprise a rectangular panel 2|) of fiber board, or`

like material, fitting in the side and end wall structure, a pair of wooden cleats 2| extending along the side edges of said panel on one face of the panel flush with said edges, and a pair of similar cleats 22 similarly extending along the end edges of said panel also flush therewith but on the other face of the panel, said cleats 22 being longerthan the cleats 2| to provide extending ends 23 thereon projecting beyond the side edges of said panel. The cleats 2 I, 22, are nailed together, as at 24, through said panel 20 and the latter is stapled to said cleats as at 25.

The bottom section`4 is tted upwardly into the side and end wall structure with the -cleats 2| opposed sidewise against the side walls 5 and endwise to the bottom nailing strip I3, and cleats 22 Opposed sidewise to the inner faces of the lower nailing strips I3, as shown in Figure 3, the extending ends 23 of cleats 22 tting against the bottoms of cleats I0 and being nailed thereto through nail-holes 2B.

The top section 3 is similarly fitted in the side and end wall structure but in inverted position relative to that of bottom section 4 so that the cleats 2| fit downwardly into said structure and the extending ends 2| of the cleats 22 overlie the tops of cleats 8 for nailing thereto.

As will now be seen, the side and end wall A forming sections I, 2, may be assembled together with either of the horizontal edges as the top or bottom, and the top and bottom sections 3, 4, are interchangeable so that assembly of these sections is materially facilitated particularly by avoiding confusion in selection ofthe parts. Also, each section combines with the others to brace the same and form a rigid lightweight yet strong, assembly which can be cheaply constructed.

Although staples have been specified as fastening means in certain locations, such being preferred, cement, glue or other fastening means may be used in lieu thereof.

The foregoingvwill, it is believed, suffice to impart a clear understanding of my invention Without further explanation.

Manifestly the invention, as described, is susceptible of modication without departing from the inventive concept, and right is herein reserved to such modifications as fall within the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having described the invention, what I claim asnew is:

l'. In a box, a pair of permanently right angled Wall forming sections each providing a rectangular side and end wall, respectively, and said sections tting together in edge to edge relation to form a' body structure, and a pair of duplicate Vtop and bottom forming sections, respectively,

each including a rectangular closure panel, a pair of side cleats on one face of the panel at opposite side edges thereof tting into said structure, and a pair of end' cleats on the other face thereof extending along opposite end edges of the panel with terminals extending beyond the side edges of said panel, and a pair of upper and lower cleats extending along the upper and lower edges of each side wall, said terminal ends being nailed to said upper and lower cleats, said end walls being provided with upper and lower edge nailing strips overlapping the side cleats of the closure panels and being nailed thereto, said strips forming edge extensions of said end Walls flush on one side with the outer faces of said Walls and overlapping the inner faces of said walls, said strips being of harder material than said end walls.

2. In a box, a pair of permanently right angled Wall forming sections each providing a rectangular side and end wall, respectively, and said sections fitting together in edge to edge relation to form a body structure, and a pair of duplicate top and bottom forming sections, respectively, each including 'a rectangular closure panel, a pair of side cleats on one face of the panel at opposite side edges thereof fitting into said structure, and a pair of end cleats on the other -face thereofV extending along opposite end edges of the panel with terminals extending beyond the side edges of said panel, and a pair of upper and lower cleats extending along the upper and lower edges of each side wall, said terminal ends being nailed to said upper and lower cleats, said end walls being provided with upper and lower edge nailing strips overlapping the side cleats of the closure panels and being nailed thereto, said nailing strips being of different material than said end walls and having rabbeted edges interv tting with said walls.

KENNETH E. KENFIELD. 

